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I'm Yours: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jason Mraz

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 75 BPM
  • 2006
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Offbeat skankChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany I'm Yours without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand offbeat skank.

The main tune of I'm Yours in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+E5 G4 E4+C5 C5 C5 C5 E4+C5 E4+C5 E4+C5 F4+D5 G4+E5 B4+G5
LC3 G3 C4 G3 C4 G3 C4 G3 C3 G3 C4 G3 C4 G3 C4 G3
Bar 2
G
RG4 B4+G5 E5 G5 E5 B4+G5 A5 C5+E5 B4+D5 C5+E5
LG2 D3 G3 D3 G3 D3 G3 D3 G2 D3 G3 D3 G3 D3 G3 D3
Bar 3
Am
RE4 C5+E5 A4 C5+E5 G5 C5+E5 D5 C5 B4+D5 A4+C5
LA2 E3 A3 E3 A3 E3 A3 E3 A2 E3 A3 E3 A3 E3 A3 E3
Bar 4
F
RA4+F5 G4+E5 F4+D5 C5 F4+G4+C5 C4+F4+G4
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F3 C3 F3 C3 F2 C3 F3 C3 F3 F2

I'm Yours accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – Am – F loop with power fifths in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 2
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3 G2+D3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA3+E4 A3+E4 A2+E3 A2+E3
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 6
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3 G2+D3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA3+E4 A3+E4 A2+E3 A2+E3
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3

How to read the bar sheet

The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.

Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.

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Questions about I'm Yours

What are the letter notes for the I'm Yours piano accompaniment?

Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is C – G – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I'm Yours?

The loop is C – G – Am – F (I – V – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on Am – F – C.

What key is I'm Yours in?

C major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I'm Yours?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I'm Yours easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of I'm Yours?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.